Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-05-09
CROP REPORT.
Fine Prospects for Cotton and Corn in
the Memphis District, with an
Increased Acreage.
Good and Bad Reports About Winter and
Spring Wheat from the Great
Wheat States.
COTTON AND CORN.


MEMPHIS, Tenn, May S.-The regular
monthly cotton crop report for the Mem
ohis district, which embraces West Ten
nessee, North Mississippi, North Arkan
sas and North Alabama, to be published
tomorrow by Hill, Fontsin & Co., will
say: "The weather in the main has been
favorable, excepting in portions Of Ar
kansas where dry weather has prevailed
TO such an extent as to materially inter
fere with planting. Generous rains have,
however, fallen since the 1st inst.
throughout the district, which were
no doubt of great benefit to crops.
Some few also complain of cool weather.
Fully four-ffths of the crop had been
planted up to the first instant, and will
be finished not later than May 10. The
acreage planted in cotton shows an in
crease of % per cent. over last year. The
largest gain is reported from Tennessee,
where the increase is placed at ID per
cent. Arkansas reports en- increase of
per cent, Alabama of 2 per cent, while
the acreage in Mississippi is the same as
last year. Labor is generally in
ample supply, excepting in localities in
Mississippi and Arkansas. All, however,
report it working well.
The acreage p anted in corn shows an
increase of p per cent. compared with
last year. Mississippi reports an increase
of / per cent, Arkansas 81 per cent,
Tennessee per cent, and Alabama the
same acreage as last year. The report as
9 whole is most satisfactory, and with
8 favorable season the abundant crops OF
asst year in this district will be dupli-
Gated.
THE WHEAT CROP.
CHICAGO, Ill, May 8.-The Farmers
Review will print the following CT op re
port this week: Rains have been bene-
fetal to winter wheat in all the states re-
porting this week, but more is required
70 give that crop and spring wheat more
rapid growth. The seeding of spring
wheat is completed and in many in
stances the crop is above the
ground and promising well. The
average condition of winter
wheat in fourteen counties in Illinois re-
porting this week is So per cent. In
Stephenson county the average is placed
at I05 per cent, and in Dewitt, Effing-
ham, Fulton, Madison ank Pulaski coun-
ties at 100 per cent. The condition in
White and Wayne counties is reported as
low as 80 per cent, while in Clinton it is
placed at so per cent. In Coles county
the condition is placed at 50
per cent, and in Brown,
counties the condition is placed at 80 per
cent. Johnston and Scott counties report
the condition good. Kanankee an aver
age and Marion above the average condi-
ton of winter wheat. Reports on the
condition Of spring wheat are beginning
70 come in. Dewitt county reports an
average condition of 10 per cent, Fulton
and Stark 80 per cent.
The general average condition of
winter wheat for Indiana counties report
ing this week is 81 per cent. Madison
has an average condition Of l06 per cent,
Morgan 100 per cent, while in Carroll,
White, Ls Grange, NermilliOn, Harrison
and Knox counties the average condition
is good. Jay county reports one third
the crop killed.
The conditions of winter and spring
wheat IN Fayette and Jackson counties of
Iowa, is reported as fine, but the acreage
small. The condition OF spring wheat is
good IN nearly every report with the ex-
Ception OF Emmitt, where it has not
sprOuted, and Crawford where it is SUI
fering on account of drouth.
The condition of winter wheat in Kan
sss on the whole is not promising. Paw
nee, Jefferson and Wilson counties alone
report good state of affairs, while eight
other counties report very poor to fair
condition and want of rain.
In Kentucky the condition of the crop
is satisfactory. The same may be said of
Michigan with the exception of Berene
county.
In Minnesota winter wheat is in fair
condition, but spring wheat is not above
ground yet.
Prospects in Missouri are very good
for q full crop of winter wheat.
Winter and spring wheat in Nebraska
are in fairly good condition. More rain
is still needed.
The average in Ohio is rather low.
Jackson county has an average condition
Of I05 per cent. and Vinson of 105 per
cent.
The condition of the crop in Wisconsin
and also in Dakota is fair. Meadows and
pastures are improving, but in many To-
cRlitieS rain is needed.